HATFIELD- A car fire near Hatfield on Interstate 91 south sent one good Samaritan to the hospital Sunday afternoon, police said.

State Trooper Todd Nolan said around 1:40 p.m. Northampton police and firefighters assisted an elderly couple trying to extinguish a car fire and a brush fire.

Nolan said the car caught fire as well as some brush nearby. Two people stopped to try to help the couple and one was transferred to Cooley Dickinson Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, he said.
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Noland said the right lane on the highway was closed until 2:40 p.m.

It is unclear what started the fire which caused damage to a 1991 Chevy Caprice.